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The systemic problems that have plagued the Veterans Affairs health care system appear to have come to a head here in New Mexico. Democratic congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham recently stated that she was not impressed by the new VA hospital director's leadership....
When you are going to have a procedure done by your doctor, you should be told what the benefits and risks are for the procedure. This is known as informed consent. When you are harmed by a procedure in a manner that wasn't told to you beforehand, you might opt to...
Malpractice can occur in any type of medical field. This includes plastic surgery. So, one of the types of medical malpractice claims a patient could find themselves bringing is a claim against a plastic surgeon. What type of claim against a plastic surgeon is most...
Many things are critical when a person suffers a heart attack. One is them promptly getting the right care. The quality of care a heart attack victim gets at a hospital can have major implications on whether the heart attack proves fatal or not. A recent study further...
A patient goes into a hospital for planned surgery and while that initial treatment may go well, he ends up with a staph infection that nearly kills him. Another patient, scheduled for shoulder surgery, receives the planned operation on the wrong side of her body...
New Mexico residents who have been affected by a diagnosis of Alzheimer's in their family may be interested in information about a similar medical condition that is sometimes confused with Alzheimer's. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration is a type of dementia that is...
Many New Mexico patients may have heard how it is extremely important to get a second opinion. However, thosewho are diagnosed with an illness may feel confused about their diagnosis and may want to begin treatment immediately. While prompt treatment can save a...
Sometimes, a person experiences a worsening of their health during or after a hospital stay. In some instances, this occurs as a result of things outside of a hospital's control. In others though, it comes about from a mistake by the hospital and its staff. Such...
Researchers have determined that medical errors, which fall under the medical malpractice umbrella, have become the third leading cause of death in the United States. These errors cause the death of over 250,000 patients each year, a number that exceeds that of...
After a person is killed in New Mexico, the deceased person's surviving family members may file a wrongful death lawsuit against a party that was responsible for the death. To prove that another party is liable for a person's death, family members must be able to show...